Ch. 1690 - The Fake Xu Zimo, Human Sovereign’s Disciple

After crushing that man’s head, Bone Demon looked at the trembling crowd.

He smiled faintly.

“In the Great Beyond, what we lack least is people. I believe there are plenty who would be willing to submit to me just to stay alive. So you are not that important.”

“I also don’t have time to waste on you.”

Bone Demon waved both hands. Evil energy gathered, and a bottle of pills appeared in his hand.

The surface of these pills was pitch-black.

Inside them were red insects, as if they might burst out of their shells at any moment.

“Those willing to submit, eat one of these pills. Those unwilling, I will send to their deaths,” Bone Demon said.

Everyone’s expressions changed drastically.

Someone recognized the pills and said in despair, “Ghost-Devouring Insects. You really are vicious!”

The moment these words were spoken, the entire hall was shaken.

Even those who had never seen Ghost-Devouring Insects had at least heard of their fearsome reputation.

Once this insect entered the body, your life would no longer be your own.

You would be unable to live, yet unable to die.

The insect devoured all the power within your body, turning you into a cripple.

Even your soul was its favorite food.

And once infected by a Ghost-Devouring Insect, even suicide was useless.

The insect would devour both your yin soul and yang soul.

Without your yang soul, you could not enter the Netherworld, nor would you have any chance of reincarnation.

It was an extremely vicious creature, one that defied heaven’s principles.

Yet Bone Demon remained calm.

“Of course, I’m not cutting off your path to survival entirely,” he said. “If you help me rule the Great Beyond, I will remove these Ghost-Devouring Insects for you when that day comes. How about it?”

“You think we’d believe you?” someone retorted.

Bone Demon’s gaze sharpened.

“If you don’t believe me, then die.”

He punched forward, instantly blasting that person’s head apart.

Evil energy surged violently around him, power roaring outward.

“Remember this well,” Bone Demon said coldly. “My rule for survival is simple. Those who follow me prosper. Those who oppose me die.”

The surrounding demons roared one by one.

Under this terrifying pressure, someone finally broke down.

“I’ll do it. I’m willing to submit,” the man shouted.

Bone Demon tilted his head slightly.

At his side, the seductive bone demon woman walked forward and handed the pill to that man.

As she turned to leave, she happened to pass by Xu Zimo.

She suddenly stopped.

Frowning slightly, she looked at Xu Zimo and asked, “Who are you?”

“Xu Zimo, just a nobody,” Xu Zimo replied with a smile.

“Who are you?” the seductive demon woman asked again.

The same question.

The same smile.

The same answer.

“Xu Zimo, just a wandering cultivator.”

“No, something’s wrong with him,” the seductive demon woman frowned.

She reached out and grabbed Xu Zimo.

Xu Zimo did not dodge or resist and was seized directly.

The demon woman tore off his skin with brute force.

“Benefactor!” Carefree Monk was about to intervene.

But then he saw that after Xu Zimo’s skin was peeled away, what remained inside was actually a demon.

“Master, save me. This human knows our plan,” the demon shouted.

This demon was none other than the Demonic Monarch that Xu Zimo had encountered in the village earlier.

“Didn’t I tell you to go out and lure more humans here?” Bone Demon frowned. “How did things end up like this?”

The demon king hurriedly explained, “Not long after I went out, I was suppressed by this human. He forced our plan out of me. When we crossed the Bridge of Pure Heart just now, he swapped bodies with me.”

“You useless trash,” Bone Demon shouted angrily. “If he interrogated you, couldn’t you have died before betraying us?”

“I… I…” The demon king shrank back.

He couldn’t exactly say that he was afraid of death.

Bone Demon snorted heavily.

“If you’re afraid to die, then you may as well die.”

Bone Demon killed without hesitation, as if life meant nothing to him.

With a single strike, the demon king was completely annihilated.

He didn’t even have time to scream.

“If my plan is delayed because of a single human, he deserves to die a hundred times over,” Bone Demon roared.

“Search. Search the entire Human Sovereign Palace. Find that human at all costs. Alive, I want to see him. Dead, I want his corpse.”

“Yes,” all the demons responded as one and sprang into action.

……

At this moment, Xu Zimo stood before a room.

The entire room was pitch-black.

It gave off a solemn, iron-blooded aura.

Xu Zimo possessed a map of the Human Sovereign Palace, so he knew that reaching the Discipline Hall did not require passing through the Human Sovereign Academy.

There were several paths within the palace.

And he also knew that something was wrong with the Human Sovereign Academy.

From interrogating the demon earlier, and from the iron chains at the academy’s entrance, Xu Zimo had realized that the Human Sovereign Academy was not as simple as it appeared.

So he had sent in a prepared scapegoat.

He himself took a side path and arrived at the Discipline Hall.

The Discipline Hall was where the Human Sovereign punished his disciples.

Even a sage could be angry.

Teaching disciples did not mean they could never be punished or reprimanded.

The doors of the Discipline Hall were shut.

Xu Zimo used all his strength to push them open.

The moment the doors opened, a beam of golden light shot toward Xu Zimo.

Boom.

Xu Zimo dodged quickly. The ground where he had just stood was blasted into a deep pit.

“Who goes there?” Xu Zimo and the presence inside shouted at the same time.

“You’re not a demon?” the voice inside reacted instantly.

Xu Zimo looked inside.

In the center of the Discipline Hall, on a meditation cushion, sat a man cross-legged.

This man radiated immense pressure.

Threads of rules surrounded him.

It was clear that he had reached the Infinite Dao realm.

“Who are you?” Xu Zimo asked.

“I’ve come seeking the Human Sovereign’s inheritance.”

“If you’re not a demon, then come inside,” the voice sighed.

When Xu Zimo walked closer to the man, he noticed something was wrong.

Despite the man’s imposing presence, there was an inescapable aura of death lingering around him.

“You’re already dead?” Xu Zimo exclaimed.

The death of an Infinite Dao cultivator was no small matter.

“I have failed my master,” the man sighed.

“I couldn’t guard the Human Sovereign Palace, and demons escaped.”

“Master?” Xu Zimo reacted instantly. “You are the Human Sovereign’s disciple?”

“You may call me King Sky-Sage,” the man nodded.

“When my master departed, he left behind his inheritance and ordered me to guard the Human Sovereign Palace. Unfortunately, no successor ever appeared. Meanwhile, demons within the Demon Suppression Tower began attacking the seals, trying to escape. I suppressed them with all my strength for thousands of years. But in the end, my power was far inferior to my master’s, not even one-tenth of his. With no other choice, I sealed the entire Human Sovereign Palace to prevent the demons from escaping. But alas, and to my hatred, the demons eventually broke through the seals, causing the Human Sovereign Palace to reemerge.”

His face was filled with regret and unwillingness.

After speaking, he suddenly asked in surprise, “When you came in, you didn’t encounter any demons?”

Xu Zimo shook his head.

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